Canada

How ironic. Alberta, the one complaining about the Feds imposing on "their jurisdiction" and then they go and impose all over the municipalities. The hypocrisy is ridiculous. They really are just in it for what they want. Screw the Feds, screw the cities, just let us be dictators! Ick.

Alberta pushing hard to become the dictatorship it's long wanted to be.

Feels very undemocratic for cabinet to be able to remove democratically elected officials that they disagree with.

God dammit are we going to even survive til 2027?

I could see Trudeau use disallowance if this law is passed and was used to remove a democratically elected member. It could be the constitutional case that ends total provincial control over cities.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The bill would also allow the creation of municipal political parties, but it comes in the form of a pilot project only affecting Edmonton and Calgary.

Cabinet has had the power to force municipal councils to amend or repeal land-use bylaws and statutory plans for 30 years.

Cabinet would also gain the ability to tell municipalities what to do in protecting public health and safety, although the government already exercised that authority in 2022 when it prohibited cities and towns from passing or extending their own masking bylaws.

Aaron Paquette, an Edmonton city councillor, suggested on social media that the new rules would be a threat to municipal politicians who didn't share the same views as the governing United Conservative Party.

"I'm left asking why they have inserted themselves into municipal government in a manner that actually strips the voting public's right to elect the council they deem to be the best to serve them."

Kyle Kasawski, the NDP Opposition critic for municipal affairs, said it's inappropriate for the provincial cabinet to decide when to fire a councillor or a mayor.

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